diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b683a62389..c4715802c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-06-06  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	check for large file support.
+
 2007-06-05  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	Based on a patch by Sven Arvidsson <sa at whiz dot se>:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2743e4c43f..5f08007002 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ dnl common/m4/gst-arch.m4
 dnl check CPU type
 AG_GST_ARCH
 
+dnl check for large file support
+dnl affected plugins must include config.h
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+
 dnl *** checks for programs ***
 
 dnl find a compiler